When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs.

I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about

Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.

On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic: C, G, D, and A. The key of D minor is also real good for me.

If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write

And I kind of love it that you want to know everything.

I know!" he growls back, his voice guttural. I wonder if all of his fire kind have eyes like his. Eyes that burn and smolder.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.

Look at those two. Wasting time. You wouldn't catch me doing that.

I am so glad that I get to maintain a relatively down-to-earth lifestyle.

Measure your life in love.

I go to bed every night and the list of what I've accomplished is astounding.

I'm off to save the universe again. It's a tough job but someone has to do it, and I'm glad it's me.

As a 25 year director of a non-profit program I began to see the need to shift from only doing projects/programs to also doing policy work.

The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end.